Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The only time I get to spend with
other people is during my daily trips via shared autos. People watching, as you
all know is my favourite passtime. No, I wouldn’t mean to demean them by
calling it my passtime, actually. It is unfortunate that people nowadays forget
the hidden beauty of knowing others by simply observing their behaviour. These
shared auto encounters are the most painfully bumpy and slow rides yet the most
fun-filled moments of the whole day, for me. Frankly, I prefer this moment than
the moments when I meet my real friends during weekends. I love the uncertain
vibe that strangers carry with them.

The other day I met this young
couple. They weren’t actually a couple, as I found out later on. It was the day
rains hit Gurgaon for the first time this season. Naturally, the girl had to
pinpoint the obvious a dozen times. The boy nodded on like an automated toy. It
seemed that the nod was a reflex action whenever the girl pointed out the
rains. The girl droned on about the beauty of rains. The romance in the air.
The chill breeze sweeping her hair on her face. Now, if in normal
circumstances, a girl threw pointed hints about rain and romance, any other boy
would have spoken about bhutta, long
drive, walk, or something!! It was all too easy for him. She was just a giggle
away from giving him his first rainy wet kiss. I was getting intrigued by the
boy’s silent battle. Surely, the guy wasn’t friend-zoning this lady! I noticed
she was getting restless too. She then directly suggested that they should go
for a long drive on his bike and then he should drop her home. He stared at her
for a few seconds. There were prominent suspicious frown lines on his forehead.
I was egging him on to refuse her but then came the nod. There was triumph in
the girl’s eyes whilst the spectacles perched on the guy’s nose hide his brief
emotions. Our eyes met as I got off at my stop and I was sure I saw distress in
those eyes.

I might be wrong about all this.
Maybe the guy got off too and told her simple and straight that he doesn’t want
the long drive, the walk and her. Maybe the girl felt he wasn’t good enough for
her and let him go. Maybe the rains planted seeds of new-found love between
them. Maybe the parental units intervened and made them part ways. It taught me the chick was a real marvel at
getting herself asked out. It made me feel the guy wasn’t ready to let her face
the truth. The girl wasn’t giving up. The guy might be in for a few more
troubled dates. A lot of maybes. You got your bus. Or a metro compartment. Or a
local train. Don’t switch off while you are travelling. Keep your mind ticking,
maybe you will end up finding out what you are missing out on.

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